Ruins and Other Poems H.U. Jessurun d'Oliveira her roots were in Russia

her roots were in Russia and the great tradition of Russian poetry

Desire and Memory

and equally preoccupied with the darker sides of urban life

offering insight and humor along the way

Committed to the immediacy of a present that is precarious and under surveillance

Ruins and Other Poems H.U. Jessurun d'Oliveira her roots were in RussiaSamer Abu Hawwash In these poems, Samer Abu Hawwash stands upon ancient and modern ruins, engaging with the archetypal Arabic qasida and its echoes in the present, set against a backdrop of exile, displacement, and genocide. The site of the ruin, the journey, and the return home are the three movements of the archetypal Arabic form with which Samer contends in his book length poem. Writing in and from the moment of crisis, the poet keeps returning to